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George Nordine and Mike Kearns discuss moisture related issues, room additions, design trends, 2018 Home Show and much more! Mike Kearns said it best “There’s Nothing That We Can’t Do”! Click Here to Listen to Podcast

​​​​Prevent a Roof Collapse: Remove Ice and Snow Heavy snow and ice accumulation, coupled by a wave of roof collapses, have left residents of the Northeast rushing to remove enough snow before their rooftops give way. The demand is so great that snow removal tools …

8 Things Your Roof Is Trying to Tell You​ Missing shingles, granules filling the gutters, water stains on the ceiling after rainstorms-they all point to roofing problems. Pay attention to these warning signs and act before the problem gets worse and more expensive to fix. …

Happy Birthday to our one and only Dorothy Nordine! We all wish you the very best birthday ever!​

Designing a Roof Addition Consider these four options so the new portion of your roof matches the original one​ If you want your addition to look like it could be an original part of the house—instead of an afterthought—focus on the roofline. No matter how …

The dining room is usually the first thing to go when shrinking a space plan down to the modern compact size so often seen in condos, town homes and other smaller dwellings. Faced with fitting your life into less square footage, how do you still …

There’s no other material quite like natural stone. No two pieces are exactly alike, and nothing else adds the same organic warmth and texture to a bathroom. Not to mention the longevity. If they’re well maintained, your stone surfaces can last a lifetime.Marble, of course, …

Tankless water heater mounts on the wall.​ Smaller tankless water heaters take up very little space. Photo Courtesy of Bosch Water Heating A tankless water heaters uses 30 to 50 percent less energy than units with tanks, saving a typical family about $100 or more …

As we know, home-ownership is one of the single biggest investments we will make in our lifetime. That is why proper home maintenance is so important. Regular home maintenance enhances the properties economic age (the number of years a house is expected to survive), ensures …